Enterprising Elite : Boston Associates and the World They Made
xviii, 298pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Tanning to covers and text block edges, continuing through to page margins; does not affect text. Inside covers tanned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. The story of a group of New England entrepreneurs who, by pooling capital, built up a network of interrelated business enterprises and transformed their local economy during the first half of the 19th century.